Thai inspired chicken coconut soup

I love coconut, my hubby loves Thai soup (which he ate when we were on holiday abroad and you just don't get in this country). I had some chicken "Schnitzel" in the fridge that needed using up (that is thin cut chicken breast) and I was in the mood for something new. Soooo, I went online to check for some Thai chicken soup but NOTHING was kosher (great) or GF (again... great). Soooo, I decided to come up with my own version and what can I say - it is sooo nice that my hubby said I put many restaurants to shame (imagine me blushing over here). It was really a no-brainer to make. We agreed that the soup was the best part of it, so next time I am going to turn it into a vegetarian version. The kiddos didn't like it, which was a bit of a shame, but they got to get to eat the desert anyway (a parve version of rice pudding).

Ingredients:

Zest and juice of 1 lemon
3 Tbsp Soya Souce (GF, of course)
2 cubes frozen Ginger (that is two tsp freshly grated Ginger)
1.5 liters Chicken stock (homemade or water with bouillon powder)
3/4 cup long grain rice
500 gr. chicken breast, cut into small pieces
1 cup coconut cream (that's what I had, you can use 1 can of coconut milk but reduce the liquid slightly)
1 tsp (or more) green curry paste
2 handful soybean sprouts

Add the first few ingredients (everything until the rice) into a pot and heat up. Once the soup starts to bubble, add the rice and cook for about 15 minutes, until the rice is just done.
Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer until the chicken is cooked through,

The green curry is an absolute must in this soup. Before that the soup was an "mmm, don't need to do that one again". The green curry made it into a WOW. Just by the way, none of the recipes I saw used this ingredient, no idea why.

Please feel free to up the amount of green curry you use. My hubby cannot take his food too spicy and I don't like the overpowering taste of green curry. So 1 tsp was enough for us.

After a LONG LONG break I am back.

It has been quite some time since I last posted here, I know, but many things have happened in my/our life. First, we decided to increase the amount of gluten free food we consume to ... well, for me and my hubby it now stands at 100%, for the kids it is about 100% at home, while they eat "normal food" at their after school "club" (that's basically a family who picks our kids and a few others up and takes care of them until I can come and get them. Kids in this country (Israel) are not allowed to cross the street without adult supervision until they are 9 years old. And since I work most days this year until 4 pm and school is over on most days at 1 pm, it is either the after school club at school - which my son hates with a vengeance - or a private one. We opted for the private version, although it is still not perfect).

I can tell you that since reducing gluten in our diet, we are all feeling better. I cannot claim that my ADHD children are less loud or energetic (don't know who ever claimed that, but then the same is being said about sugar, although THAT one is also not proven... my kids don't get a lot of junk food period, including sugar and it doesn't help) but my daughter has no pain attacks anymore, my hubby feels better and... well, honestly, I don't really feel a difference, but I will be able to tell you in a few month when I repeat my B12 test. Apparently Gluten hinders the absorption of B12. And since I really cannot be bothered to get B12 shots (they hurt like hell!!!!) I thought I rather go 100% gluten free.

Sooooo, what else has happened. Well, we changed quite a few things in the kitchen area. We have nearly stopped using processed foods and are making just about everything from scratch, You may think that this is WAY too much work, but too be honest, it is just a bit more and the results are just totally amazing. And when I say just about "everything" I mean just that. Wait till I get all the totally yummy recipes up here, you will be amazed!!! As a nice side effect, I also started loosing weight with no real effort.

If you are asking yourself: "So what DIET is this family on?" Honestly, I cannot tell you. I am definitely not on a Paleo/Primal diet - I enjoy my beans and non-GF grains too much and I also eat some (not too much though) dairy products. However, many of the recipes featured from now on will be labeled paleo if it follows this lifestyle.

I guess what we do is back to nature, back to basics, clean eating that is mainly frugal, easy and quick to make and most importantly - totally yummy!!!